International Freedom Center Gets Axed

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gov. George Pataki dropped a proposed freedom museum from the World Trade Center redevelopment plan Wednesday, saying the project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy."

The decision followed months of acrimony over the International Freedom Center, with furious Sept. 11 families and politicians saying that the museum would overshadow and take space from a separate memorial devoted to the 2,749 dead and would dishonor them by fostering debate about the attacks and other world events.

"We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories to the world," Pataki said in a statement.

In addition to the terrorist attacks, the Freedom Center would have dealt with such topics as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the civil rights movement, the Declaration of Independence and the South African constitution.

Clearer heads have prevailed!

The America haters and moral relativists have lost their battle to turn Ground Zero into an oasis for political propaganda.

The 9/11 families and their supporters have succeeded in taking back the memorial.

I can't wait to read the New York Times editorial on this one. It will be sure to reach previously unknown heights of condescension and bitterness.

No matter.

The liberal elite will just have to swallow hard. They are not going to get their way. Their attempt to hijack the memorial has been thwarted.

Now, plans can move forward to appropriately memorialize the victims and the heroes of 9/11, with the dignity and the respect that they deserve.